Artificial Hip Joint Infection

It s also known as bacterial or septic arthritis.

Artificial hip joint infection.

Though our most recent review of infection data at the university of utah center for hip and knee reconstruction showed an infection rate better than the national average at 0 5 percent as of 2013. It occurs in one to three percent of patients nationally. Patients with artificial joints can be at risk for infections and they can be challenging to treat. Septic arthritis can be caused by bacterial viral or fungal infections.

An infection may develop during your hospital stay or after you go home. Bacterial infection with staphylococcus aureus staph is the most common cause. Agonizing pain in the joint especially on motion. Bacteria may infect the artificial joint during or after surgery causing infection.

But a major infection near your artificial hip joint may require surgery to remove and replace the joint. A pooled individual participant data analysis of 44 cohort studies. Causes of infection in hip joint. Septic arthritis can develop when an infection such as a skin infection or urinary tract infection spreads through your bloodstream to a joint.

In these cases bacteria can adhere to the implant itself which makes the infection difficult to treat. Infection is a rare but serious complication after total joint replacement surgery. Swelling and inflammation of the hip joint. Jeremy gililand professor of orthopedic surgery about how such unique infections can be caused how they can be prevented and what measures doctors will commonly take to treat them.

Symptoms may include pain swelling and limited range of motion. Bacteria can get into your joint and cause rapid cartilage. Many infections can be treated effectively with antibiotics. A small percentage of patients undergoing hip or knee replacement roughly about 1 in 100 may develop an infection after the operation.

Warmth in the area of the affected joint. It s possible that you ve developed an infection around the artificial joint. European journal of epidemiology 2018. Symptoms of infection of the hip joint include.

No surgical procedure is without risks however. Diagnosis is based on symptoms an examination and the results of a combination of tests. Bacterial joint inflammation is a serious and painful infection in a joint. Joint replacement infections are a very dangerous surgical complications after knee and hip replacement.

Another potential cause of your pain could be a loose implant. Joint replacement infections may occur in the wound or deep around the artificial implants. Staph commonly lives on even healthy skin.